# florir
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* fllorir (Ribagorçan)

### Etymology

From Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /floˈɾi(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
* Syllabification: flo‧rir

### Verb

florir
* flourish, bloom

#### Synonyms

* florer, fllorer
* floreixer, flloreixer
* floriar, flloriar

### References

* “florecer”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fluˈɾi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [floˈɾiɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

florir (first-person singular present floreixo, first-person singular preterite florí, past participle florit)
* to bloom, to blossom, to flower
* to become mouldy/moldy

#### Derived terms

* florent
* florid
* floriment

#### Related terms

* eflorescent
* flor
* flòrid
* reflorir

### References

* “florir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “florir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “florir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “florir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Alternative form of fleurir.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

florir
* to flourish, to be prosperous
    Synonym: fleurir

#### Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

### Further reading

* “florir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan florir, from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

florir
* to flower

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* flor/flour

## Old French
### Etymology

From Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōreō.

### Verb

florir
* (of a plant) to blossom; to bloom
* (figuratively) to flourish; to bloom
** c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:« Dex !, qui est cist an cui si granz biautez florist? [»]"God! Who is this in whom such beauty blossoms?"

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Related terms

* flor

#### Descendants

* Middle French: florir, fleurir (influenced by fleur "flower")
** French: fleurir
* Norman: flieuthi
* Walloon: florir
* → Middle English:
** floryschen
*** English: flourish
*** Scots: flourish
** flouren
*** English: flower, flour
*** Scots: flour

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “florēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 629

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Ultimately from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre. The /fl-/ renders a direct inheritance uncertain.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /floˈɾi(ʁ)/ [floˈɾi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /floˈɾi(ʁ)/ [floˈɾi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /floˈɾi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /floˈɾi(ʁ)/ [floˈɾi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /floˈɾi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fluˈɾiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fluˈɾiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fluˈɾi.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: flo‧rir

### Verb

florir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite flori, past participle florido)
* to flower; to blossom (to put forth blooms)
    Synonyms: florescer, desabrochar, abrir, florejar
    Antonyms: desflorescer, desflorir, murchar
* to adorn with flowers
    Synonyms: florescer, enflorar, florear, floretear, florejar

#### Related terms

* flor
* flora
* floração
* florada
* floral
* florão
* florar
* floreado
* florear
* floreio
* floreira
* floreiro
* florejar
* florente
* flóreo
* florescência
* florescente
* florescer
* florescimento
* floreta
* floretear
* floricultor
* floricultura
* florido
* flórido
* florífero
* floriforme
* florígero
* florilégio
* floríparo
* florista
* florístico
* floromania